Recent content by MrFixit

May I ask where did you see the N51BI23 for 156? That camera looks great and I would like to try one. I have been a Hikvision/LTS customer for years but this camera looks great.

I know this is an old thread but I wanted to make a recommendation regarding bugs tripping an event, I would advise raising your sensitivity from 20 to a minimum 50 and try it. I have all my mine set to 50 and it works grate, You can adjust from there if needed.

I am leaning more and more to record 24 hours but also have intrusion events for timeline. I am using Synology Surveillance Station now, It has come a long way since I last used it 3 years ago. It now supports smart events such as line-crossing, Intrusion, ect. It also supports multiple...

Thank you, Great info & video.

Agreed.

Have a nice vacation & thanks for the great service. Happy New Year!

Agreed.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I started using XProtect GO and it had set the pre-recording to disabled and post-recording to 3 seconds, I thought that was a bit short though great for saving a bit of space but not useful in my opinion. I love XProtect GO though, I was using Synology...

I was wondering what settings everyone is using for pre-recording & post-recording? Right now I have pre-recording set to 5 seconds and post-recording set to 10 seconds, Is that good? Thanks

Thanks for the reply. So am I to take it if I have plenty of bandwidth & storage I should stick to "static"? All my cameras are set to static now, I used the bandwidth calculator in Hik tools for the recommended bit rate based on my camera settings.

Hi, I have several Hikvision cameras both 3 and 4MP, I am not having any noticeable problems I am just trying to tune the cameras for best performance & video. The cameras come default with the bitrate type set to variable and I was wondering if that's the best setting or should I change it to...

Your setup sounds interesting, Could you tell me how you set this up? I do have a Z-Wave system as well as several Hik cameras. Thanks

Hit up milkisbad in the forums, Price & Service is great.

Agreed, Milk is the best. I had email conversations back and forth for about a month and a half and he never once was rude but rather patient and helpful so the end result was sales from me. Extremely happy with his service.

Good info & I agree with you